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Schofer, Jonathan Wyn.

The making of a sage a study in rabbinic ethics / [electronic resource] : Jonathan Wyn Schofer. - Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2005. - xiv, 310 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-294) and indexes.

R. Nathan and its contexts -- The text instructs -- Concepts and tropes -- The text and its sages : conclusion -- Torah and transgressive tendencies -- The heart and its formation -- Rabbinic tradition : conclusion -- Divine reward and punishment -- Motivation and emotion -- Rabbinic theology : conclusion.


Electronic reproduction.
Boulder, Colo. :
NetLibrary,
2007.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.

ISBN: 9780299204631 (electronic bk.) 0299204634 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Talmud.--Minor tractates.--Avot de-Rabbi Nathan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Talmud.--Traités mineurs.--*Avô-t d*eRabî N*a-t*an--Critique, interprétation, etc.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Rabbinical literature--History and criticism.
Ethics in rabbinical literature.
Jewish ethics.
Littérature rabbinique--Histoire et critique.
Morale dans la littérature rabbinique.
Morale juive.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BM506.4.A943 / S36 2005eb

Dewey Class. No.: 296.1/237